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...overlooked or mistreated; many doctors question the condition's seriousness. Often, says Jones, RLS patients develop their own coping devices, including alcohol abuse and social isolation. Four years ago, Jones started a support group for other RLS sufferers in her hometown of Champaign, Ill., realizing that you can't understand RLS unless you suffer from it yourself...
...possible progress is a wonderful thing," Jones says, "Any kind of lead we can get is the hope of better diagnosis and better treatment because [doctors] understand...
Ordinarily, the concept of greed isn't very useful in trying to understand the economy. We are all greedy. We'd all like more. The magic of capitalism turns our individual greed into general prosperity. But maybe an especially virulent strain of greed is spreading, something like bird flu. Maybe this is a greed so profound that it blinds its victims to their obvious self-interest. Maybe this greed can turn the brightest men into fools. It's hard to think of any other explanation...
...stage complications of the surgery, chemotherapy and radiation that saved those young lives. "We know that we will see more and more long-term survivors," says Dr. Melissa Hudson of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. "Now we need to monitor them as they age, to understand how we can best help them to preserve and maintain their health...
...health insurance. "There were times when I thought we wouldn't make it ..." she said, and tears filled her eyes. Biden put his hands on her shoulders, and his forehead on hers-an awkward but touching gesture-and she shuddered into deep sobs. He hugged her. "I don't understand why people on welfare get health care and we don't," Griffin said after a while, and Biden replied, "Because the system is screwy...